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SECRETARY ’S PAGES ATTENTION DELEGATES – NOTICE OF MEETING MISSION STATEMENT ® The next meeting of the Delegates will be The American Kennel Club is dedicated to upholding the integrity of its Registry, promoting the sport of purebred dogs and breeding for type and function. held at the Rosen Centre Hotel, Orlando FL Founded in 1884, the AKC and its affiliated organizations advocate for the pure bred dog as a family companion, advance canine health and well-being, work to protect the rights of on Friday, December 15, 2017 , beginning no all dog owners and promote responsible dog ownership. 8051 Arco Corporate Drive, Suite 100, Raleigh, NC 276 17 earlier than 10:30 a.m. It will follow the 9:00 – 260 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016 Raleigh, NC Customer Call Center .......................................................... (919) 233-9767 10:30 a.m.Delegates Forum. New York, NY Office ................................................................................(212) 696-8200 Fax ..........................................................................................................(212) 696-8299 Website ...................................................................................................... www.akc.org DELEGATES CREDENTIALS BOARD OF DIRECTORS Sharon Gierman, Morris, IL, Midwest Field RONALD H. MENAKER, CHAIRMA N•DR. THOMAS M. DAVIES, VICE CHAIRMAN CLASS OF 2018 CLASS OF 2020 Trail Club JAMES R. DOK PATRICIA M. CRUZ DR. J. CHARLES GARVIN WILLIAM J. FEENEY Leah R. James, Havana, FL, Duluth Kennel RONALD H. MENAKER KAROLYNNE M. MCATEER Club CLASS OF 2019 CLASS OF 2021 DR. CARMEN L. BATTAGLIA RITA J. BIDDLE DR. THOMAS M. DAVIES DOMINIC P. CAROTA Victoria Oelerich, Massapequa, NY ANN WALLIN THOMAS POWERS HARVEY M. WOODING Miniature Pinscher Club of America DENNIS B. SPRUNG, Ex Officio Pia Paulsen, Malibu, CA, Hollywood Dog EXECUTIVE OFFICERS DENNIS B. SPRUNG GINA M. DINARDO JOSEPH V. BAFFUTO, JR. Obedience Club President Executive Secretary Chief Financial Officer Chief Executive Officer Dr. Judi Roller, Mazomanie, WI, Badger VICE PRESIDENTS Kennel Club JAY WAKS KIRSTEN BAHLKE BRANDI HUNTER Senior Executive Vice President Public Relations & Dr. Donald Schwartz, DVM, Mancos, CO, Vice President & Purebred Consumer Demand Communications General Counsel Durango Kennel Club CYNTHIA BEAGLES DOUG LJUNGREN ALEXANDRA ALESKOVSKY Assistant General Counsel Sports & Events Elise Wright, Lambertville, NJ, Vizsla Club of Executive Vice President & Chief Growth Officer MARK DUNN HEATHER MCMANUS Senior Vice President Deputy General Counsel America THERESA CHIN Registration & Senior Vice President Customer Development MARI-BETH O’NEILL Dr. Barry R. Wyerman, Huron, OH, Oakland Planning & Operations Sport Services KEITH FRAZIER County Kennel Club AIDEN COLIE Business Support ELIZABETH SOROTA Senior Vice President Services/NC Facility Ops Marketing Technology SHEILA GOFFE DAPHNA STRAUS Government Relations Business Development NOTICE The Management Disciplinary Committee TRIAL BOARDS APPEALS TRIAL BOARD TRIAL BOARD CHAIRS has reprimanded Ms. Anne O’Reilly RALPH DEL DEO, ESQ., CHAIR THERESA DOWELL, ESQ. MARTHA FELTENSTEIN, ESQ. BARBARA PENNY, ESQ. BARBARA W. MIENER, ESQ. LAURIE RAYMOND, ESQ. (Gettysburg, PA) for submitting an online dog DANIEL SMYTH, ESQ. TRIAL BOARD MEMBERS registration application without written per - DR. KLAUS ANSELM PERFORMANCE TRIAL BOARD CHARLES FOLEY DAVID HOPKINS, ESQ., CHAIR mission of the co-litter owners. (Basset Hound, ROGER HARTINGER TIM CARWILE, ESQ. MEDORA HARPER JOHN RUSSELL Skye Terrier) DR. ROBERT MYALL ALTERNATES BERNARD SCHWARTZ MIKE NECAISE BETTY-ANNE STENMARK BILL TEAGUE JAMES WHITE NOTICE AKC GAZETTE 1 SEPTEMBER 2017 SECRETARY ’S PAGES The AKC’s Management Disciplinary General Appearance: The Great Dane com - Committee has suspended the following indi - bines, in its regal appearance, dignity, strength viduals from all AKC privileges for one year and elegance with great size and a powerful, and imposed a $1000 fine, for unacceptable well-formed, smoothly muscled body. It is one conditions, dogs and/or facility: of the giant working breeds, but is unique in that its general conformation must be so well Effective August 23, 2017 balanced that it never appears clumsy, and Mr. Michael Higgins (Cottrellville, MI) Nor - shall move with a long reach and powerful wegian Lundehund drive. It is always a unit-the Apollo of dogs. A Ms. Lynn Higgins (Cottrellville, MI) Multi - Great Dane must be spirited, courageous, ple Breeds never timid; always friendly and dependable. This physical and mental combination is the NOTICE characteristic which gives the Great Dane the At its August 2017 meeting, the American majesty possessed by no other breed. It is par - Kennel Club Board of Directors suspended ticularly true of this breed that there is an im - the judging privileges of Mr. George Boulton pression of great masculinity in dogs, as for a period two (2) years effective August 8, compared to an impression of femininity in 2017 and a fine of $2000.00 for conduct unbe - bitches. Lack of true Dane breed type, as de - coming of an AKC Approved Judge for inap - fined in this standard, is a serious fault. propriate contact, comments or conversations Size, Proportion, Substance: The male should with exhibitors, including but not limited to appear more massive throughout than the sexual comments or sexual harassment. bitch, with larger frame and heavier bone. In ratio between length and height, the Great PROPOSED GREAT DANE STANDARD Dane is square when measured from the high - FOR COMMENT: est point of the withers to ground, compared In accordance with the guidelines for Breed to point of shoulder to point of buttocks. The Standard Revisions this is being published to loin is short, relative to the proportion of the receive any comments prior to the balloting of rib cage. A weak topline or long loin is a seri - the club membership. Any comments may be ous fault. Coarseness or lack of substance are forwarded directly to: equally undesirable. The male shall not be less than 30 inches at the shoulders, but it is Mari-Beth O’Neill preferable that he be 32 inches or more, pro - Vice President – Sport Services viding he is well proportioned to his height. [email protected] The female shall not be less than 28 inches at AKC GAZETTE 2 SEPTEMBER 2017 SECRETARY ’S PAGES the shoulders, but it is preferable that she be tle Merles, the eyes should be dark, but blue 30 inches or more, providing she is well pro - eye(s) and eyes of different colors are permit - portioned to her height. Danes under mini - ted. Ears shall be high set, medium in size and mum height must be disqualified. of moderate thickness, folded forward close to Head: The head shall be rectangular, long, dis - the cheek. The top line of the folded ear tinguished, expressive, finely chiseled, espe - should be level with the skull. If cropped, the cially below the eyes. Seen from the side, the ear length is in proportion to the size of the Dane's forehead must be sharply set off from head and the ears are carried uniformly erect. the bridge of the nose, (a strongly pronounced Nose shall be black, except in the blue Dane, stop). The plane of the skull and the plane of where it is a dark blue-black. A black spotted the muzzle must be straight and parallel to one nose is permitted on the harlequin and mantle another. The skull plane under and to the merle; a pink colored nose is not desirable. A inner point of the eye must slope without any split nose is a disqualification. Teeth shall be bony protuberance in a smooth line to a full strong, well developed, clean and with full den - square jaw with a deep muzzle (fluttering lips tition preferred. The incisors of the lower jaw are undesirable). The masculinity of the male touch very lightly the bottoms of the inner sur - is very pronounced in structural appearance of face of the upper incisors (scissors bite ). An the head. The bitch's head is more delicately overshot bite is a serious fault. Undershot and formed. Seen from the top, the skull should wry mouths are very serious faults. Even bites, have parallel sides and the bridge of the nose misaligned or crowded incisors are minor should be as broad as possible. The cheek mus - faults. cles should not be prominent. The length from Neck, Topline, Body: The neck shall be firm, the tip of the nose to the center of the stop high set, well arched, long and muscular. should be equal to the length from the center From the nape, it should gradually broaden of the stop to the rear of the slightly developed and flow smoothly into the withers. The neck occiput. The head should be angular from all underline should be clean. Withers shall slope sides and should have flat planes with dimen - smoothly into a short level back with a broad sions in proportion to the size of the Dane. loin. The chest shall be broad, deep and well Whiskers may be trimmed or left natural. Eyes muscled. The forechest should be well devel - shall be medium size, deep set, and dark, with oped without a pronounced sternum. The a lively intelligent expression. The eyelids are brisket extends to the elbow, with well sprung almond-shaped and relatively tight, with well ribs. The body underline should be tightly developed brows. Haws and Mongolian eye(s), muscled with a well-defined tuck-up. The are very serious faults. In Harlequins and Man - croup should be broad and very slightly slop - AKC GAZETTE 3 SEPTEMBER 2017 SECRETARY ’S PAGES ing. The tail should be set high and smoothly the hock joints appear to be perfectly straight, into the croup, but not quite level with the turned neither toward the inside nor toward back, a continuation of the spine. The tail the outside. The rear feet should be round should be broad at the base, tapering uni - and compact, with well-arched toes, neither formly down to the hock joint. At rest, the tail toeing in nor out.